1671 in China
Events from the year 1671 in China.
Incumbents
Viceroys
- Viceroy of Zhejiang — Zhao Tingchen
- Viceroy of Fujian — Liu Dou
- Viceroy of Chuan-Hu — Cai Yurong
- Viceroy of Shan-Shaan — Luoduo
- Viceroy of Liangguang — Zhou Youde, Quan Guangzu
- Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Gan Wenkun
- Viceroy of Liangjiang — Maleji
Events
- Because poor, marginal lands were exempted from the annual land tax, and the Qing court rewarded officials who could induce people to expand cultivated land. Therefore the Viceroy of Chuan-Hu, Cai Yurong, observed that “there is an abundance of cultivated land in Szechwan, but there are not enough people to cultivate it,” the throne decreed that “those who were willing to settle in Szechwan were to be tax-exempt for a period of five years and that any local official who could attract three hundred immigrants would be promoted immediately.
- Sino-Russian border conflicts
Deaths
- Geng Jimao, Ming-turned-Qing general